| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Big Ben' with photographs of members of the cast; includes programme with cast list [1946]; magazine extracts with photographs of cast members in scenes from the opera
Performed at The Adelphi Theatre, London, 17 Jul 1946; presented by Charles B. Cochran; directed by Wendy Toye; [choreography] by John Clements; orchestra directed by Charles Prentice; music by Vivian Ellis
Premiered at: The Opera House, Manchester, 17 Apr 1946
Cast: George Hamilton, Carole Lynne, David Davies, Eric Fort, Yvonne Robinson, Trefor Jones, Gabrielle Brune, Eric Palmer, Lance Lister, Eric Fort, Joan Young, Lizbeth Webb, Margaret Lyle, Hilda Goodman, Joan Rignall, Phyllis Bridgewater, Patricia Hughes, Joy Adams, Joyce Anthony, Diana Beall, Dorothy Bevan, June Carter, Helen Cole, Daphne Colthurst, Pat Gilling, Mildred Griffiths, Winifred Hammick, Whitie Neeson, Audrey Perren, Elsie Ryan, Phoebe Noel Smith, Natasha Wills, Donald Reed, William Thompson, Ridgeway West, Michael Stoller, George Prince, Richard Aubrey, Vaughan Tremayne, Philip Lewtas, Vincent Charles, Joan Elvin, Beryl O'Dell, Vincent Charles, Gwilym Jones, Margaret Lyle, Vi Stevens, Kenneth Price, Herbert Hainsworth, George Hamilton, Howard Hemming, Rosina Lane, Evelyn Spero, Margaret Seward, Queenie Taylor, Leonie Hodge, Anne Gardiner, Mimi Piper, Rita Mackay, Noele Gordon, Pauline Tyler |